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  8. Bette

    S.A.T.S.

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    | Bette's Blog, Caring for Kids and Parents
    April 25, 2012
    “Staying Above The Slowness” I’ve been pondering this over the past week or so. The slowness here has increased and at times I feel as though I have to guard against being sucked into it. May sound odd, but it almost feels contagious at times – like a yawn might...
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  9. Bette

    I Wonder Why

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    | Bette's Blog, Caring for Kids and Parents
    April 22, 2012
    My mother is very confused today and very, very sad. She doesn’t know where she is; she thinks I’m her husband. She was shaking and beginning to cry so I sat down on the floor in front of her. I tried to be strong. I told her it was okay and...
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  12. Bette

    Guarding

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    | Bette's Blog, Caring for Kids and Parents
    April 13, 2012
    Over the past twenty-four hours we’ve had visits from our Hospice nurse, the doctor from Hospice, a foot doctor, two different aides, a volunteer from Hospice and a woman who was hoping to wash my mother’s hair. Together we were able to stand my mother up, but she had to sit...
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  13. Bette

    She’s Still a Mom

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    | Bette's Blog, Caring for Kids and Parents
    April 9, 2012
    I wanted to post an update today. This morning my mother was experiencing pain in her chest. I called Hospice and they told me to give her morphine. If she was experiencing something cardiac-related, the morphine would open up her blood vessels. I gave her the medicine and she began...
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  14. Bette

    Learning

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    | Bette's Blog, Caring for Kids and Parents
    April 7, 2012
    “Who is he?” my mother said, pointing to my son Rees. When I explained that he was my son, she asked, “Who gave him to you?” and “Why did they give him to you?” We continued to talk about Rees. My mother is so tired and so confused. She often looks...
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  15. Bette

    Where Is…

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    | Bette's Blog, Caring for Kids and Parents
    April 1, 2012
    …the girl that is always around me? Where is my daughter? Where is Bette-Lou? My mother wouldn’t give me a kiss good-night tonight. She didn’t know who I was. It must be such a sinking feeling for her to not know where I am or why I’ve disappeared. She thinks...
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  19. Bette

    Wanting To Connect?

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    | Bette's Blog, Caring for Kids and Parents
    March 22, 2012
    My mother has been showing continued steps downward over the last few weeks.  She’s been asking, more than usual, to go home.  On Monday, after asking, she paused and then said, “I can’t have any home?” So sad. As I was dressing her, she asked if I did this often. ...
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  21. Bette

    Enough

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    10
    | Bette's Blog, Caring for Kids and Parents
    March 6, 2012
    “I’ve been assessing Mom’s normal monthly distributions and you will need to find a placement for her within 18 months.” I recevied this call when I was cleaning for a friend this morning. Doesn’t it sometimes seem like all the responsibilities are just too much? After a good cry (and oddly they are sometimes good…), I...
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